Grow Up

People really need to grow up. Singer Bryan Ferry has been forced to apologize for comments made about the Nazi regime in Germany. Granted, any public figure should have a red flag go up in their minds as soon as any thought related to Nazism comes up in their heads so they can remember to not voice the thought. But what were Ferry's offensive and insensitive comments? He praised the regime for knowing how to present itself through propaganda. He praised the films of Leni Riefenstahl and the architecture of Albert Speer.

So, what, we're not allowed to understand the role of propaganda in Hitler's rise? Last time I checked, that was a fairly important part of the history of the time. Apparently acknowledging the blatantly obvious is "deeply insensitive." Hitler was terrible at propaganda! His tremendous success in using propaganda in rising to power, transforming Germany into a dictatorship of people who loved him, launching the Holocaust, and launching a world war just shows how bad he was at it. He obviously didn't have the faintest clue about how to present himself.

Look, I understand the Jewish people have no love for Hitler. I have none either. But to go so far as to decry any statement of simple history is ridiculous. Grow up. Acknowledging that the man knew a thing or two about propaganda and how to present himself and his party does not mean you support him or his party.